title: Thoracic splenosis. Case report and literature review.
abstract: Thoracic splenosis is the autotransplantation of splenic tissue into the thoracic cavity after thoracoabdominal trauma. We report a case of thoracic splenosis in a 35-year-old woman who had had a thoracoabdominal gunshot wound 12 years earlier. A review of the literature revealed 15 cases already reported. All patients had an asymptomatic thoracic lesion discovered on a plain chest film 9 to 32 years (mean 16) after the initial accident. In 13 cases an operation was necessary to establish the diagnosis. In two cases technetium 99m and indium 111 scans established the diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Hôtel-Dieu de France, Saint Joseph University Hospital, Beirut, Lebanon.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Roucos
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Tabet
authors.forename: V A
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Jebara
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Ghossain
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Biagini
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Saade
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002828:Choristoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011859:Radiography; D013154:Spleen; D013899:Thoracic Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D013997:Time Factors; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000150:complications